Monday, December 28, 2009

hunting for the pickle in grandma's treechristmas lights all over town50% off calendar sales the day afterthe little oranges in my stocking that i never eatknowing that our family in heaven is really with us to celebrateour own strange version of secret santathe white elephant exchange with my new in-lawssinging christmas songs and not caring who hearswatching people open gifts that i was so excited to get theminventing new ways to give my brother a phone bookthe few minutes first thing christmas morning that jesse & i have togetherstarting new traditions - like cutting down our own tree

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

flamingosa perfectly round scoop of ice creampalindromesgreen baseball grassinside jokesevenings in with grown-up hot chocolate, a warm blankie, a good movie, & even better companylicense plate/car gamesjigsaw puzzlesthe feeling you get when someone tells you that you've made their day

Monday, February 23, 2009

in visiting my best friend this past weekend, i found a book on her shelf nuzzled between some cookbooks called 14,000 things to be happy about. it is one person's list, compiled over years and years, of things that made or make her happy. just reading a few pages of the book made me feel good, and i wanted to start my own list. nothing but positive energy coming from this blog, scouts honor.